Dynamic Scan Quality Control Management for Print Jobs

1. A system comprising: a print review device comprising: a memory that stores data which indicates whether regions along a width of print media marked by a printer are flagged as bypassable; and a controller configured to determine printhead conditions within regions that have not been flagged, associate each printhead condition with a corresponding region, and to generate a report with notifications of printhead conditions within each region that has not been flagged, while foregoing determination of printhead conditions in regions that have been flagged, wherein each region comprises a two dimensional area at the print media, and the controller generates a user interface configured to indicate each region as a two dimensional area on an image of a test pattern.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein: the print review device further comprises an image capture device configured to iteratively capture images in real-time as the printer prints; and the controller is configured to generate reports in real-time as the printer prints.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein: the controller is configured to generate reports for the printer, and the printer prints each of multiple color planes.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein: regions that are flagged as bypassable cause the printer to forego global error handling settings for the printer in that region.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein: each region is overlaid onto the image of the test pattern.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein: printhead conditions are associated by the controller with locations having a width of at least ten nozzles at a printhead of the printer.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein: each of the printhead conditions is associated with a region based on a mapping of a location of that printhead condition to a region.

8. The system of claim 1 further comprising: the printer, the printer being configured to mark the print media.

9. A method comprising: storing data which indicates whether regions along a width of print media marked by a printer are flagged as bypassable; determining printhead conditions along the width of the print media; associating each printhead condition with a corresponding region; and generating a report with notifications of printhead conditions within each region that has not been flagged, while foregoing determination of printhead conditions within regions that have been flagged, wherein each region comprises a two dimensional area at the print media, and the method further comprises generating a user interface configured to indicate each region as a two dimensional area on an image of a test pattern.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising: iteratively capturing images of the print media in real-time as the printer prints, wherein generating the report is performed in real-time as the printer prints.

11. The method of claim 9 further comprising: generating reports for the printer, wherein the printer prints each of multiple color planes.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein: foregoing global error handling settings at the printer that marks the print media in regions that have been flagged.

13. The method of claim 9 wherein: each region is overlaid onto the image of the test pattern.

14. The method of claim 9 further comprising: associating printhead conditions with locations having a width of at least ten nozzles at a printhead of the printer.

15. The method of claim 9 further comprising: marking the print media via the printer.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying programmed instructions which, when executed by a processor, are operable for performing a method comprising: storing data which indicates whether regions along a width of print media marked by a printer are flagged as bypassable; determining printhead conditions along the width of the print media; associating each printhead condition with a corresponding region; and generating a report with notifications of printhead conditions within each region that has not been flagged, while foregoing determination of printhead conditions within regions that have been flagged, wherein each region comprises a two dimensional area at the print media, and the method further comprises generating a user interface configured to indicate each region as a two dimensional area on an image of the test pattern.

17. The medium of claim 16 wherein the method further comprises: iteratively capturing images of the print media in real-time as the printer prints, wherein generating the report is performed in real-time as the printer prints.

18. The medium of claim 16 wherein the method further comprises: generating reports for the printer, wherein the printer prints each of multiple color planes.

19. The medium of claim 16 wherein: foregoing global error handling settings at the printer that marks the print media in regions that have been flagged.

20. The medium of claim 16 wherein: each of the printhead conditions is associated with a region based on a mapping of a location of that printhead condition to a region.